Joseph T. Ciccolo, Ph.D.

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Title

Faculty, Department of Biobehavioral Sciences at Teachers College, Columbia University

Education

  • B.S., Northeastern University (1999)
  • M.A., The University of Texas at Austin (2002)
  • Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin (2006)

Biography

After graduating from UT, I did a postdoc at Brown University, where I learned how to write grants and conduct large randomized controlled trials. Currently, I am a faculty member in the Department of Biobehavioral Sciences at Teachers College, Columbia University, where I have a $2 million grant from NIH. Doing research, teaching class, and mentoring students is fun for me, so that helps, but I attribute a lot of my success to my mentors, especially Dr. John Bartholomew.

Words of Wisdom

Be aggressively persistent in the pursuit of your goals. Tell jokes and laugh, otherwise nobody will like you.